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collaborate#4

SHIN KOKAWA & AMI OGAERI

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13artists x 3works is a 13-week consecutive release project where drummer Shin Kokawa collaborates with 13 different artists.

For the fourth release, collaborate#4, he welcomes pianist Ami Ogaeri, who garnered significant attention for his passionate performance and musical sensibility in the 2023 film 'Between the White Key and the Black Key'.

Having released four full-length albums through his trio and his duo with May Inoue, his piano a unique presence at the forefront of the Japanese jazz scene clashes head-on with Kokawa s drums, pushed to the limits of physical capacity. This is a dense improvisational record where the depth of scenic imagery cultivated through film music culminates in a fusion of wildness, intelligence, and physicality that transforms physical strain into sound.

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  • SHIN KOKAWA

    In his pursuit of live drum expression, improvisational artist SHIN KOKAWA resonates with Japanese spirituality, including indigenous nature worship and the sublime concepts of Zen. He internalizes a diverse range of genres: free jazz, spiritual jazz, world music, ambient, and hardcore. By infusing the primitive, powerful, and beautiful sounds of his instruments with the raw intuition of the moment, he creates soundscapes that depict the vastness of the universe. Making his major debut as a founding member of the instrumental band jizue (founded in 2006), Kokawa has performed at numerous large-scale festivals in Japan and abroad, including the FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL. Since embarking on a solo career in 2019, he has released his 1st album 'ANIMA' (2020) and a 2nd album 'touch the sub conscious' (2024), which features collaborations with renowned artists such as Seiichi Yamamoto, Shing02, and Shun Ishiwaka. He is also an active member of the Kyoto-based experimental band kott, with whom he performed at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2023. In 2026, he launched '13 ARTIST X 3 WORKS,' an ambitious project featuring collaborations with 13 different artists and 39 tracks to be released consecutively every week.

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  • AMI OGAERI

    Born in Tokyo in 1991, Ami Ogaeri began her piano studies at the age of four. She graduated from the Department of Composition at Tokyo University of the Arts. In August 2016, she released her original composition Two Pieces (Futatsu no Shohin) on bassoonist Koji Okazakis album. In October of the same year, she composed the score for the film Shiori (directed by Yusuke Sakakibara) and has since been actively involved in various fields, with a primary focus on film music. In 2023, she composed the soundtrack for the widely discussed jazz-themed film Between the White Key and the Black Key (Hakken to Kokken no Aida ni). Her passionate performances and exceptional musical sensibilities in the film have garnered significant attention from various quarters. To date, she has released four full-length albums: Hashigo wo Dakishimeru (Ami Ogaeri Trio, 2018), Ami Ogaeri & May Inoue (2022), Terasu (Ami Ogaeri Trio, 2024), and Ami Ogaeri & May Inoue II (2026). She is an up-and-coming jazz pianist currently making her mark across multiple creative disciplines.

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